Fertilizer-distributer.



E. BUSWELL n T. GASGADEN, JE.

FERTILIZER DISTRIBUTER. APPLIUAUON FILED s321226, 190e.

Patentedi July 13, 1909.

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UNITED sTATEs PATENT OFFICE.

Eno EN E eeswina, AND Tnonas eAscAnEN, Ju., or wA'rEnLoo, IOWA; sAID BUSWELL Assienon To sain ciiscADEN.

FERTILIZER-DISTRIBUTER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 13, 1909.

Application filed September 26, 1908. Serial No. 454,883.

lle it. hnown thaty we, lh'tuixn lnzswicm. and 'lnouis (`.\sc,\mix, J1', citizens o'ti the l'nited States ot .\mcrira, and residents ot `\\'atcrloo, lllachhawk county, lowa, have invented certain new and useful improvements in l"c|'t.ilizer--l)istribnters, ol' which the following;- is a spccitication.

()ur invention relates to improvements in fertilizer distributers, and the object'` of our improvement is to provide a removable transl'erahle spreadcwbox t'or use with standard width wagon running-gear, such spreaderbox beingl so constrmated as to be of great strength and lightness while aty the saine time atlordingil a maximum width of inter space between its sides, such space being wide enough to permit. the delivery olf "erftilizer therefrom to cover two rows ol' corn which are spaced apartr the standard distance in drilling. This object ,we have accomplished by the means which are hereinafter it'ullydescribet'l and claimed, and which are illustrated in the accompanyingl drawings, in which:

Figure l is a lett-side elevation ot a 'fertilizer distributer equipped with one o't" our improved spreader-ltores. Fig. 2 is a rightsde elevation of thesame. Fie'. 3 is a perspective of our said improved spreader-box, tait'en without the sprcader-mechanisni.

Similar numbers re'l'er to similar parts throughout the several views.

()ur improved spreader-box V1 is shown as heinifmounted on tront.- and 'rear-carryinlgywhoels lo and 235 respectively. As

shown, the spreader-box is equipped with a conveyor-apron 2t) movable thi 'iugh it, and with a` distributing-drum lt mounted on a rotatable shaft t3 at,y its forward end, said drum being adapted to deliver fertilizer materials through the frame olE the wagon just to the rea r ot' said 'liront-carrying-whecls lt. Said' drum is driven by the Vfollowing' described mechanism. Driving,` Sprocket-rims ltt'arc secured to the inner Vtaces o't" the spokes ol the rear-catrying-wheels 35 in the usual manner and drive the sprocket-chains t. A transverse rotatable shaft 32 has its ends supported iirdepending bearings (not shown) on the bottoni otE the` box l. Each end ot' said shat't. carries a driven-sprocket' :it which is driven by the chain 51 on the same side ot'v said box. Another sprocketwheel le mounted slidably and rotatably on the rightdiand end ol the shaft 32, and has a ratchetcd hub adapted to be slid into engagement with the ratcheted hub of the adjacent wheel 33, when the hand-lever 4t) is shifted to move the t'orl;` lT connected with tirscmentioncd huh -n one direction, through thc medium of the connecting-rod lb. .t sprocket-chain il connects the sprocketwheel -lt and the driveirsprooket l5 on the right-hand end o'tl the distributing-drum shaft i3.

An endless ,'eonveyer-apron 29 moves through the spreadenbox l, and is driven by sprockets 2o mounted on a transverse rotatable shaitt 2T, the rear end ol the sprocket-chains ot' said apron passing over idlers l2 on a shaft Lll. rl.`he shaft 27 is driven by the following-described means. )t ratel1et-wheel 2b is secured to the left,- haud end oli' said shaft. lrlhis 1'atcliet-wl1eel is engaged by driving-pawls 2i and 25 pivoted to the levers 2l and 22 respectively. lhe rear pawl 25 is pivoted to the mediallypivoted lever 22, the pivot being a stud 23 projected troni the wagon-box, and this pawl Works reversely to the pavvl 24; by this arrangement, so as to have the pawls Work valternately in driving the ratchet-wheel. A

crank-pin lb on the left-hand end of the dis tributing-drum shaft is pivoted to and, drives the pitnien lt) and 20, said pitlnen being pivot-ally connected to the levers 22 and 2l respectively. We do not` propose, however, to conline ourselves to the driving-lnechanism shown, since any suitable means may be adopted as desired to actuatc the distributing-drum l't or the conveyor-apron 2t), our invention relathrg;` specically to the construction of the spreaderdooxy l to cooperate with a removable spreader-mechanism for use with any-standard set of wagon running- ;rear oit' the standard width. The drivintg` mechanism which is illustrated and described herein, is 'made the subject of a separate and independent application tiled in the United States Patent Otlice, on August; 3l, 1008, under .Serial Number 450,975.

The spreader-box shown consists of the longitudinal wooden sides IWhichvare con' caved at their forward ends to afford clearance space for the ends of the distributing` drum. A. spacing piece 10 is secured to the upper forward part. ot' each otsaid sides, and

af.- outWardiy-tianged tar i3 is l up..eredge of said side and pieces, and the forward 1 then bent oblio joined b" a horizr A( l.(! Unit. .i

,o oje fr \\'.r.ril.r beni' upwardly to i. which the iorn'urd surging turn, and are. then united with the two sides l are connected by a. nl

of li'ansreix lle 7 secured to the bai bolts or rivets i3, the bars E being to said sides by bolts or rivets 8. l2 are secured by nient, ol' rivete to the forward end ol; p f are oriliced 'to provide su): Joris of the distributing-drinn shelf; verse brace let connects the ai 3 'the sides l are strengthened by Ver tical braces Ei extending troni the upxer to il i lower bars, and secured to the .sides eno' by means oll bolts er rivets il.

1n the drawings the sireade--bo-X as being supported .in the axle, the rear holster ning-gear having been rnngenient oit' the parts loweriiig ot' the si; "end r l l lor the ends the li'l't in lending i box may be lilled o ard width runnin," the wagon ha: then be supio'rtei sters in the ordinary higher :ti in the e here given.

Farm wagons standard ,if'idt-'i spreader-box has to moet th' it i l l 1 l l l l l i l ".veen tie ear- ,ng needed to permit the nh provi-fle y lying-wheels alter dedu l'or the o pmative mec i use of a'spreader-bof; who width hetv aan the inner surfaces et its sides i. is su'licient to allow of a delivery wide enough to cover with the dist ted fertilizer two adjacent corn rows dr ed in 'the standard Width apart of Atorty-f n1r inca. f' in other words, the ordinary spread rl designed as a transferable box te ilaced en any ser wagon runninggear i.; standard wl b. u delivery-opening at the distrilniting-t which is not wide enough by at least two i inches to cover adjacent corn rows separe ted i forni/four inches the standard distance for drilling apart, The result that either one l or both of the corn rows is not covered with l the fertilizer anl additional time must be consuined in going over the field. `Qur irnproved spreader-box obviales this disadvan` tage, by reason of its peculiar manner ot construction as described.

The side-pieces l. in our and a re made ot very thin hall' the thickness of the on the ordinary fertilizer can use these thin boards because of our cross-bracing ci' the upper and lower bars by means of the uprights 3, and the securing at frequent intervals of such uprights to both the bare and side-pieces. The use 'of die thin sides l permits ot' a saving in co1n bined thickness thereof amounting to two inches, just enough to inake the interspace of said. bei: clear forty-fo11r inches and thus permit ot a delivery upon corn-rows spaced that standard distance apart, which cannotbe done with :i thickened pair of side-pieces ot the ordinary construction as used on the said box may be boards7 less than side-boards used distributer. We

andard width of wagon running-gear. Thel bracing 'and strengthening of the sides as shown, further makes the box lighter, as well as more corninodious for holding loads, and cheaper in construction. The use of a top bnr as shox-vn, prevents the destruction ot' the upper edge of the box by reason of the careless friction and dragging of shovels over it while loading.

lilhii'e we have shown a special eonstruction of the forward part oi' the spreader box and iframe, we do not desire to be-limited thereby, since our invention relates to the manner oit combining the thin wooden side pieces with the metal Abars and connections so as to allord a wider delivery space bcl'ween such sine-pieees at the location of the delivery end the apron and thi'adistributin,j'-dru1n in removable spreaders adapted to be carried on rnnninggcar of the limited lfandard width of tread. It is therefore material at whien end of said box the disriluiting-iglruni may be located.l

iluving described our invention, what we eluini as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

l. ln a fertilizer distributor, in combination, wagon running-gear, a Spreader-box supported thereon, and distributing-means located at the delivery-end of said box, said boxbeing composed oi' side-pieces reinforced by longitudinal bars secured to their top abottoni edges, both said upper and lower bers on each side bcing`extended beyond one end el said box, the upper bars being arched lo provide clearance for a distributing-drum and the lower bars beingarched to provide clearance for the pivoted wheels of the said runninggenr to swing thereunder.

i2. ln a fertilizer distributer, in combination, wagin running-gear, a spreader-box mounted thereon, and a distributing-druln rotatably mounted in the forward end of said box, said box being composed of sidepieces whose lower edges are connected by transverse sills and reinforced by longituupper edges, the

dnial bars securedto their sind bars being extended beyond the forward lli) ends oli' Suid side-pieces and arched to pro vide clearance thereunder for Suid distribuh ingwlrurn.

1%. In :i fertilizer' distributor, in combination, wagon runninggeur. :i spreader-box mounted thereon. und u distriblding-drum rotatably mounted in the forward end of Suid box, Smid box being composed of Sidepieees reiut'oreml by longitudinal bars; Se cured to their upper edges` Suid bars extending beyond the `forward ends of said sidepieees und being o'l'l'setupwardly to provide eleurzxnee for the Suid distributing.-drum thereuiuler.

Jl. In n fertilizer distributer, in' eombinn tion, wagon runningg'geflra u Spreader-box mounted thereon, n distributing-dru1n roto tubliv mounted it the 'forward end of Suid their t0l) and bottom edges,- both said tp box, said bor being formed of side-pieces reinforced by longitudinal here secu-red to and bottom bars on euch side being extended lbeyond the forward end of said box, the upper bars being offset upwardly `to provide clearance for Suid distributing-drum, and 'the bottom bars being offset upwardly to provide clearance for the pivoled Wheels of said runninggenr to swing thereunder.

` Signed :it Yllulerloo, Iowa, this 10th doy of Sept., 1908.

4EUG@NE BUS/TELL.

THOMAS CASCADEN, JR. lllitnesses (MC. KENNEDY,

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